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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.1 Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      phil.davis
      last edited by

      On days like 23-Apr-2012 when there were quite a few 2.1 snapshots built it gets confusing to know which one is installed on a system. For example:
      pfSense-2.1-DEVELOPMENT-2g-i386-nanobsd-20120423-0636.img.gz Last Modified Date 23-Apr-2012 09:28

      But on the running system it says:
      2.1-DEVELOPMENT (i386)
      built on Mon Apr 23 08:11:16 EDT 2012
      FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE

      The "0636" in the filename is before the "08:11" reported online.
      The "Last Modified Date" is later, and that's fine - I guess that is when the image got posted online.
      I guess that all the timestamps are in US EDT.

      If it's easy, then it would be very handy if the "0636" and "08:11" were the same, or at least quite close in time (+_10 or 15 minutes). That would make it much easier to deduce which build image is being run - specially on dates that have lots of builds done.

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        I thought at once point I had made them match up, but it's hard to say for sure there have been so many builder fixes over the years.

        Recently I did make all of the build timestamps match up at least. If I get a moment I'll look into that timestamp as well.

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          This might help…

          https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense-tools/commit/e528f6519f11a19adb91b94267692ae8ef018f21

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            phil.davis
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            Thanks Jimp, it worked. I just flashed onto my Alix CF card:

            http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_3/i386/pfSense_HEAD/nanobsd/pfSense-2.1-DEVELOPMENT-2g-i386-nanobsd-20120425-1547.img.gz

            and the Dashboard says:

            2.1-DEVELOPMENT (i386)
            built on Wed Apr 25 15:47:29 EDT 2012
            FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE

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